About the Object Object Name: Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) Object Description: Gaseous Pillar in the Milky Way Galaxy Position (J2000): R.A. 6h 41m 12.6s Dec. 09° 26' 25.7" Constellation: Monoceros Distance: About 2,500 light-years (770 parsecs) Dimensions: This image is about 50 arcseconds (0.19 parsecs or 0.61 light-years) across. About the Data Instrument: NICMOS/NIC3 Exposure Date(s): May 11, 2002 Exposure Time: 3.4 hours Principal Astronomers: A. Fruchter, B. Mobasher, and A.Schultz (STScI) About the Image Image Credit: NASA, The NICMOS Group (STScI, ESA) and The NICMOS Science Team (Univ. of Arizona) Release Date: June 6, 2002 Filters: F110W (J-band), F160W (H-band), F187N (Paschen-alpha) Orientation: Dense Gas and Dust Beyond the Outer Layers of the Cone Nebula [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
About the Object Object Name: NGC 4013 Object Description: Edge-on Spiral Galaxy Position (J2000): R.A. 11h 58m 31.3s Dec. 43° 56' 50" Constellation: Ursa Major Distance: About 55 million light-years (17 Mpc) Dimensions: This image is about 50 arcseconds (4.1 kiloparsecs or 13,000 light-years) across. About the Data Instrument: NICMOS/NIC3 Exposure Date(s): May 12, 2002 Exposure Time: 2.4 hours Principal Astronomers: D. Calzetti, A. Fruchter, T. Boeker, B. Mobasher, A. Schultz, E. Bergeron, S. Arribas, M. Dickinson, K. Noll, E. Roye, M. Sosey, and C. Xu (STScI) About the Image Image Credit: NASA, The NICMOS Group (STScI, ESA) and The NICMOS Science Team (Univ. of Arizona) Release Date: June 5, 2002 Filters: F110W (J-band), F160W (H-band), F187N (Paschen-alpha) Orientation: Edge-On Galaxy NGC 4013 [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
About the Object Object Name: IRAS 19297-0406 Object Description: Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy (ULIRG) Position (J2000): R.A. 19h 32m 22.3s Dec. -04° 00' 01" Constellation: Aquila Distance: About 1 billion light-years (300 Mpc) Dimensions: This image is about 15 arcseconds (22 kiloparsecs or 72,000 light-years) wide. About the Data Instrument: NICMOS/NIC2 Exposure Date(s): May 13-14, 2002 Exposure Time: 4 hours Principal Astronomers: A. Fruchter, B. Mobasher, and A.Schultz (STScI) About the Image Image Credit: NASA, The NICMOS Group (STScI, ESA) and The NICMOS Science Team (Univ. of Arizona) Release Date: June 5, 2002 Filters: NICMOS/NIC3: F110W (J-band), F160W (H-band) ACS/WFC: F606W (V) ACS/HRD: F330W (U) Orientation: Tumultuous Collision Between Four Galaxies (IRAS 19297-0406) [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
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About the Object Object Name: Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) Object Description: Gaseous Pillar in the Milky Way Galaxy Position (J2000): R.A. 6h 41m 12.6s Dec. 09° 26' 25.7" Constellation: Monoceros Distance: About 2,500 light-years (770 parsecs) Dimensions: This image is about 50 arcseconds (0.19 parsecs or 0.61 light-years) across. About the Data Instrument: NICMOS/NIC3 Exposure Date(s): May 11, 2002 Exposure Time: 3.4 hours Principal Astronomers: A. Fruchter, B. Mobasher, and A.Schultz (STScI) About the Image Image Credit: NASA, The NICMOS Group (STScI, ESA) and The NICMOS Science Team (Univ. of Arizona) Release Date: June 6, 2002 Filters: F110W (J-band), F160W (H-band), F187N (Paschen-alpha) Orientation: Dense Gas and Dust Beyond the Outer Layers of the Cone Nebula [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
About the Object Object Name: NGC 4013 Object Description: Edge-on Spiral Galaxy Position (J2000): R.A. 11h 58m 31.3s Dec. 43° 56' 50" Constellation: Ursa Major Distance: About 55 million light-years (17 Mpc) Dimensions: This image is about 50 arcseconds (4.1 kiloparsecs or 13,000 light-years) across. About the Data Instrument: NICMOS/NIC3 Exposure Date(s): May 12, 2002 Exposure Time: 2.4 hours Principal Astronomers: D. Calzetti, A. Fruchter, T. Boeker, B. Mobasher, A. Schultz, E. Bergeron, S. Arribas, M. Dickinson, K. Noll, E. Roye, M. Sosey, and C. Xu (STScI) About the Image Image Credit: NASA, The NICMOS Group (STScI, ESA) and The NICMOS Science Team (Univ. of Arizona) Release Date: June 5, 2002 Filters: F110W (J-band), F160W (H-band), F187N (Paschen-alpha) Orientation: Edge-On Galaxy NGC 4013 [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
About the Object Object Name: IRAS 19297-0406 Object Description: Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy (ULIRG) Position (J2000): R.A. 19h 32m 22.3s Dec. -04° 00' 01" Constellation: Aquila Distance: About 1 billion light-years (300 Mpc) Dimensions: This image is about 15 arcseconds (22 kiloparsecs or 72,000 light-years) wide. About the Data Instrument: NICMOS/NIC2 Exposure Date(s): May 13-14, 2002 Exposure Time: 4 hours Principal Astronomers: A. Fruchter, B. Mobasher, and A.Schultz (STScI) About the Image Image Credit: NASA, The NICMOS Group (STScI, ESA) and The NICMOS Science Team (Univ. of Arizona) Release Date: June 5, 2002 Filters: NICMOS/NIC3: F110W (J-band), F160W (H-band) ACS/WFC: F606W (V) ACS/HRD: F330W (U) Orientation: Tumultuous Collision Between Four Galaxies (IRAS 19297-0406) [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
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*Image Type:*: Astronomical
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*Release Date*:June 5, 2002 12:00 PM (EDT)
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*Release Date*:June 5, 2002 12:00 PM (EDT)
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*Title*:Hubble's Infrared Camera is Back in Business ? New Images Released
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*Title*:Hubble's Infrared Camera is Back in Business ? New Images Released
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2002-13e
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2002-13e
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*Description*:
The revived Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has penetrated layers of dust in a star-forming cloud to uncover a dense, craggy edifice of dust and gas [image at right].
This region is called the Cone Nebula (NGC 2264), so named because, in ground-based images, it has a conical shape. NICMOS enables the Hubble telescope to see in near-infrared wavelengths of light, so that it can penetrate the dust that obscures the nebula's inner regions. But the Cone is so dense that even the near-infared "eyes" of NICMOS can't penetrate all the way through it.
The image shows the upper 0.5 light-years of the nebula. The entire nebula is 7 light-years long. The Cone resides in a turbulent star-forming region, located 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros.
Radiation from hot, young stars [located beyond the top of the image] has slowly eroded the nebula over millions of years. Ultraviolet light heats the edges of the dark cloud, releasing gas into the relatively empty region of surrounding space.
NICMOS has peeled away the outer layers of dust to reveal even denser dust. The denser regions give the nebula a more three-dimensional structure than can be seen in the visible-light picture at left, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the Hubble telescope. In peering through the dusty façade to the nebula's inner regions, NICMOS has unmasked several stars [yellow dots at upper right]. Astronomers don't know whether these stars are behind the dusty nebula or embedded in it. The four bright stars lined up on the left are in front of the nebula.
The human eye cannot see infrared light, so colors have been assigned to correspond with near-infrared wavelengths. The blue light represents shorter near-infrared wavelengths and the red light corresponds to longer wavelengths.
The NICMOS color composite image was made by combining photographs taken in J-band, H-band, and Paschen-alpha filters. The NICMOS images were taken on May 11, 2002.
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*Description*:
The revived Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has penetrated layers of dust in a star-forming cloud to uncover a dense, craggy edifice of dust and gas [image at right].
This region is called the Cone Nebula (NGC 2264), so named because, in ground-based images, it has a conical shape. NICMOS enables the Hubble telescope to see in near-infrared wavelengths of light, so that it can penetrate the dust that obscures the nebula's inner regions. But the Cone is so dense that even the near-infared "eyes" of NICMOS can't penetrate all the way through it.
The image shows the upper 0.5 light-years of the nebula. The entire nebula is 7 light-years long. The Cone resides in a turbulent star-forming region, located 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros.
Radiation from hot, young stars [located beyond the top of the image] has slowly eroded the nebula over millions of years. Ultraviolet light heats the edges of the dark cloud, releasing gas into the relatively empty region of surrounding space.
NICMOS has peeled away the outer layers of dust to reveal even denser dust. The denser regions give the nebula a more three-dimensional structure than can be seen in the visible-light picture at left, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the Hubble telescope. In peering through the dusty façade to the nebula's inner regions, NICMOS has unmasked several stars [yellow dots at upper right]. Astronomers don't know whether these stars are behind the dusty nebula or embedded in it. The four bright stars lined up on the left are in front of the nebula.
The human eye cannot see infrared light, so colors have been assigned to correspond with near-infrared wavelengths. The blue light represents shorter near-infrared wavelengths and the red light corresponds to longer wavelengths.
The NICMOS color composite image was made by combining photographs taken in J-band, H-band, and Paschen-alpha filters. The NICMOS images were taken on May 11, 2002.
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